Facebook: As risky as riding a school bus?

I found an article that states Facebook is not what we should fear but our ignorance. Children can be 'hurt riding a school bus or watching tv and being influenced by movies.' Keeping the internet from children will not solve the problem because they'll always find ways around it. According to the article, the best solution is to raise awareness on the issue rather than shut it down. They even goes as far as working Facebook into students curriculum. I agree that awareness is better than cutting of the rights of young adults to use Facebook. However it is neglecting the idea the risks of a child being on Facebook, in comparison, increases the child on a school buses chances to wreck.
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=16&hid=107&sid=5af7846b-9c62-4fb0-b83d-99539d577f14%40sessionmgr114&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=n5h&AN=Q4K022828859310
Linda, Ockwell-Jenner. "IGNORANCE, NOT FACEBOOK, IS THE REAL ENEMY." Record, The (Kitchener/Cambridge/Waterloo, ON) n.d.: Newspaper Source Plus. EBSCO. Web. 24 Mar. 2011.

A Tragic Comedy?!

Aflac fired Gilbert Gottfried(the voiceover for the Aflac duck)for making fun of the recent Japanese tragedy on his Twitter page. He posts ten rude jokes, a few examples are "I just split up with my girlfriend, but like the Japanese say, 'There'll be another one floating by any minute now.'"
"Japan called me. They said 'maybe those jokes are a hit in the US, but over here, they're all sinking.'""What do the Japanese have in common with @howardstern? They're both radio active."
"Japan is really advanced. They don't go to the beach. The beach comes to them." 75% of Aflacs customers are in Japan so it is no shocker the end result would be his release from the company. I find this so important because it proves my point that not even older adults can handle the responsibilities & maturity that come along with social sites that publish one's thoughts. The article I found information was http://www.businessinsider.com/gilbert-goffried-fired-afl-2011-3.

Great Source!!!

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kidsonline/view/main.html

I found a PBS FRONTLINE special. It's a wonderful source for anyone's paper. It gives examples of kids all ages turning to the internet for comfort. Creating false identities and turning to others in obscene chat sites.

I hope this works..?!

This interested me because Facebook's requirement user age is thirteen years old but have no true way of knowing if thats correct. A kid of any age can access Facebook if they have the knowledge on how to create one. Adults hardly grasp the concept that what they post could possibly have consequence later so young children cannot be aware or responsible of how 'public' they have made their lives till they are old enough to be held accountable. Facebook has become not only a social network but an informant and a regulator of the economy. How young is too young to receive and process this information? Why does it matter?

Are We Too Obsessed With Facebook? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Are We Too Obsessed With Facebook? [INFOGRAPHIC]

This has nothing to do with topic proposals but I really liked the statistics.

Is there a point to Facebook Ads?

The ad Buffalo Wild Wings is always up on my wall, Bieber Backstage, and coursesmart.com a site for college text books. I find these pointless but I think in some ways they could possibly be helpful or effective. It just depends, for example i would like to visit coursesmart.com but I have absolutely no desire to listen or watch anything to do with Justin Bieber. The ad for buffalo wild wings are funny because it is a picture of a hot wing and labeled 'buffalo wild wings'. I feel like these ads intentions were to make us more socially tied to one another but failed because noone knows they're advertising legitimate things.

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